UFC announces counter-programming plans; six bouts from UFC 100 to air opposite Strikeforce

http://mmajunkie.comThe UFC’s recent strategy of counter-programming its competitors will
continue, as Spike TV today announced some of UFC 100’s “most exciting
bouts” will air during Showtime’s Saturday night broadcast of “Carano
vs. Cyborg.”

While UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre’s five-round
unanimous decision win over Thiago Alves will not make it on the
re-packaged UFC 100 broadcast, the evening’s other two featured bouts –
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir and Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping – will
be shown. The main-card bout between middleweights Alan Belcher and
Yoshihiro Akiyama will also be broadcast.

In addition to those previously aired contests, Spike TV’s broadcast
will feature three bouts that did not make on to the original
pay-per-view event.

The UFC 100 broadcast on Spike TV isn’t the first time the UFC will go
head-to-head with Strikeforce. April’s Showtime debut for Strikeforce,
“Shamrock vs. Diaz,” was countered by a re-airing of January’s “UFC 94:
St. Pierre vs. Penn II.” The UFC and Spike TV also partnered to air
UFC-related programming on the same night as each of the now-defunct
Affliction’s two fight cards.

UFC 100 took place on July 11 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and originally aired live on pay per view.

Despite an astounding amount of card shuffling, “Strikeforce: Carano
vs. Cyborg” will feature three world title fights, including the
organization’s first-ever women’s title bout between main-event
competitors Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos.

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is probably the greatest female fighter on the planet, which is a tremendous feat. So why are we seemingly so obsessed with arguing about whether she could beat up men?